Was it my fault that I was late?

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We had a project with a class which was supposed to be scheduled a day later. However, my teacher, who's frequently away from the country and leaves us with nothing but work, has to leave again a day earlier than the scheduled day of class. So, this teacher told us a week early that all our works needs to be compiled and finalized to be submitted before he leaves. Else, we won't have a grade for the final project. Now, I was supposed to be working on it two days after the announcement. But, it so happens that I got sick and was unable to work on it. I was able to start on it a day before the submission and I pulled an all-nighter just to finish it. To be honest, I hadn't slept a wink and continued working on it. Fortunately, I was able to pass it but still I was late. My teacher deducted i don't know how many points to my project. I told him the reason I was late but he didn't even bat an eye and reconsider, least hesitate.